Ramah
A town of Benjamin north of Jerusalem. Samuel was born to Hannah at Ramah and made it his home and place of judgement; Jeremiah pictures Rachel weeping at Ramah for her exiled children, a line Matthew applies to the massacre at Bethlehem (1 Samuel 1:19; 7:17; Jeremiah 31:15).
Where in scripture
They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:19 — cited in the description of Ramah
Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
Jeremiah 31:15 — cited in the description of Ramah
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
